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Definition or meaning of the English word Amadou
A spongy; combustible substance; prepared from fungus Boletus and Polyporuswhich grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons; but its common use is as tinder; for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. (n.).
